Wheel-guard for cars.



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WM/VWS F. s. HUTGHINGS. WHEEL GUARD FOR GARS. APPLICATION FILED DE01?, 1909.

Patented Jan. 10, i911.

F. E. HUTCHINGS. WHEEL GUARD FOR GARS. AP PIIOATION FILED DEC.17, 1909.

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F. E. HUTGHINGS. -WHEEL GUARD FOR GARS. APPLIUATION FILED DE01?. 19094 ggi, Patented Jan.10,1911.

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I .resident of the cit of New York, borough Y obstruction on the track or-in .front of the of the spring'peri'nits the links to swing to suclra position that an operating member To accomplish this` second object, I provide'l a swinging gate or trip beneath the car body 1 ing drawpings, forming a part of this speciof the invention defined in'the claims.`

.erence indicate corresponding .parts in all FREDERICK E. HUTCHINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WHEEL-GUARD FOB CARS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1909. Serial No. 583,527.

To all whom it may concern.: l

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H-UroH- mos, a citizen of the United States, and 'a of Brooklyn, in t e county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Wheel-Guard for Cars, of ,which the following is a full, clear, and ex- "act description.

This invention relates tocertain improve-.-

ments in wheel guards-or fenders for streetv ping mechanism, t e parts being in position cars, automobiles or other vehicles, and more particularly to that type of car or fender which is automatically moved to operative position upon encountering a person or other vehicle. Y

In its preferred form, iay improved fender is of the lgasket or cradle type, and is adapted to move forwardly and downwardly to operative position. l

One object of my invention is to improve themechanisni for'lowejing and advancing .the' fender-upon its release.v To accomplish this, I support `the fender' upon parallel links and under' spring tension.- The4 release engages with the' ground o'r track, and serves as the means for advancing the fender.

A, second robject 'of my invention is to imp'rove the vmechf'i'nism for releasing the fender should a persen come in contact with the front of the body of the car or with the bumper of the car, or should he 'be lying' prostratc on the track in front ofthe car.

and provide a second trip mechanism in the 'form of one orvmore hand rails' across/the frontcofthe car above the platform and operatively connected tothe frst'- mentioned;

tant features 'ofA lthe lconstruction will be hereinafterfset forth in detail, and the scope Reference is to be had to the accompany- 4ication, in which similar characters of refthe figures, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical section through thc front portion of a carprovided with Vmy improved fender and tripping mechanism.

' horizontal therefonthe parts` being shown in dotted lilies in advanced or operative position, and

said section being. taken on the line 1--1 of.

Fig. 3; 2 is aside elevation of certain of the parts shown in Fig: 1; Fig. 3 is a top lan viewof the fender, certain of the parts eing shown in, section and the view being Patented Jan. 10, 1911. l

taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is -afront elevation of the device lshown 'in v F lgs. 1, 2 and 3, parts being in sect-ion. Fig.

5 is a side .elevation similar vto al portion of Fig-3, but showin a different form of trip- Iproved fendermay be formed any suit-- able manner.; the `details of construction are not important, asthe lmain features of my invention relate to .the means for tripping or operating `the. fender.

lathe-'specific form illustrated, I provide aA fender- ,10, disposed'substantially in a lane beneathv the frame of the car and irectly iii front of the car wheels? 1. The-fender is provided with two `parallel side arms 12, 12, which extend rearwardly al considcrable'distance beyond the rear edge of the fender proper. These rear ends are eachpivtally secured to the lower 'ends of two links-13 and 14, and the upper ends of these vlinks are pivotally secured to a brace orbracket 15 rigid with the car truck. The two Alinks 13and 14 are of such length that when they extend down very tically, their lower ends come adjacent thc ground or thetrack, as illustrated in dotted ines in Figs. 1 and 2, but when the links are swung rearwardly, they lift the arms 12 upwardly while'maintaining said arms substantially in their horizontal position. The forward linkv13 on each side carries a ground "or-trackl when the link'is swung downwardly, andthe peripheries of these wheels are rou hened or formed with teeth, so that said w eels will be caused to rotate by their 'engagement with the ground or track. The twol wheels 16 16 are xedly mounted upon o posite ens of a` Ashaft 17 which connects inks 13 and is rotatable front and rear' transverse members 19 and 2O, connected together by a plurality of the latter from rising vertically. The front theini ons.18, 18. Thea-ear portion of the fen er incllnes upwardly, as is-shownparlthe wheels 16 with the ground, 1t is evident Q8 which conn straps, bands or bars '21. This fender proper, although it is supported by the side arms 12 is, however, unattached to' said arms and is capable of forward sliding motifn Q in respect thereto. As shown lparticularly inFig. 3,-ec1 arm has an inwardlydirected 1 flange '22, f isposed beneath the fender proper and serving as a guide' orA support. 'l and also has a flange '23, for engagingwith i the upper side of the fender and preventing t and rear bars 19 and '20 of the fender are secured to .two rearwardly-extending rack bars 24, the teeth of which.v engage with ticularly in Fi 1, and the bracket 15, whichcarries the lin s 13 and 14, also carries a lug or sto 25 for normali engaging in front of Athis upwardly-exten ing .portion of the fendrso as to revent the latter front sliding forwardly. nthe operation of this portion of the construction, the parts normally occupy the position indicated insolid lineirin Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive. of the drawings. Upon the releasing of the links 13 andld by 'the trip ingmechanism herein after described in detail', the links are.per mitted to swing dowx'twardly so thatj the .wheels 16 will comp in'contactl with the und land the upper-rear edge of the endet' will `be brought below the sto) 25. The wheels 16 by their engagement wit 1 the ground are caused to rotate and this rotation is. transmitted through the sha-ft 1T to the pinions 18. The rotation of these pinions forces the fender forwardly to its' lowered and advanced position, so as to receiver any person, obstacle, or body which may be upon the track. As the fender is held forwardly only by theengagement of that it may be forced rearwardly by engaging with a erson and the shock to the per# son struck y the fender, willbe reduced. The fender does not rise'materially in b'- ing forced rearwardl sc that there is no possibility of the iender swinginv upwardly and passing over the body. o fur! ther insure against lthe 4upward movement of the front edge of the fender, the rear ends of the rack bars 24, 24 may be connected by a transverse bar 26, which is disposed beneath the motor casing 27 when the rack bars and the fender are advanced.

For holdingthe fender in its rearward position and with the wheels 16 out of engagement with the ground, I provide a rod 'ects the two forward links 13, 13. A hook 29 is pivoted upon a bracket 30 carried by the motor casing and normal-ly holds the links 13 and the parts connected thereto in their rearward position. The hook 2D is preferably in the form of a bell crank lever, and the upper end 31 of this lever extends' vertically from tirer` pivot on the bracket, that'a rearward movement of said upper-end will swing the hook upwardlv and release the fender. v sprin 3:?.

is preierabl) employed for normally ten ing to force the fender forwardly and against the action of the hook :29. This spring is shown particularly in Fig. 3, and represented as engaging directly with the rod Q8 adjacent opposite ends of the latter so as to advance both side edges of the fender simultaneously. The center portion of the spring may be supported by a bracket 51 extending forwardly from the motor casing 2.

In order tov trip the fender. I provide means disposed adjacent the front end of the car above the platform. and lalso disposed beneath the platform. illustrated particularly in Fig. '1, I employ a gate or trip 32a pivoted t the untler surface of the car and connected intermediateA its upper and lower edges to a link 33 which extent upper portion 31 of the bell crank lever, The lower edge of the trip 32' is disposed at 'only a short distance above the ground, .so

that no object of anv material size can pass beneath the gatewitho'ut swinging the latter rearwardlyand releasing the. fender. A hand rail 31 extends across the front of the car above the plat form and is supported by arms 3.3, which -are pivoted to brackets on vthe front end of the car platform- These In the specific form s rearwardly and is pivoted to theA brackets are preferably in -the form of plates 313. which tit within sockets on the platform, sothat they may be raised out of said sockets and the hand rail and the parts attached thereto removed from the car without thel employment of any special tools. Each arm 3.3 extends below the pivots and is provided with a rearwardlyextending end 3T. These4 lower end portions may also be connected by a hand rail similar to the hand rail34, if desired. Dependingfrom the under side of theplatform are brackets 39. which carry horizontally-movable slides 10. The rear side'of the trip 32 and the forward ends of said slides have upwardlyextending. contact plates 41. which-receive the rear' exten-- sions 3T 4ofthe side arms.T Any rearward movement of the slides swings the trip and 'any rearward movement 'of-the lower ends of the arms 35 movesthe slidesV and thus swin the trip 32. Should a personfbe ends of these slides engage with the front movement ofV the hand rail away' from the bodv of the car` as the person fell, 'would lat spring the trip.- ,In case the person struck' the hand rail 38 or came in contact. with the lower portion of either vof the arma 3 5, that in itseifwould operate the trip'. In ease t person was lying prostrate on the track', he

' and 6, I provide side arms 35, connected by two or more hand rails 34a. 'The car .adjacent the front end of the platform is provided witli a socket 4-2, and at' a short distance aboie the platform thereis provided a second socket 43. The side arms 35 are pivoted to brackets 44, normally fitted to the sockets 42. Brackets 45liare normally fitted to the sockets 43,\andillevers 4G are pivoted to these bracketsand depend thererom. Each lever 4G is pivot'aily .and slidably connected to its corresponding side arm,

and at its lower end eaclilever is piyotally connected to a link 47, which latter is pivotallyconnected tothe npperportion of the t-rip32". This trip is pivotally or detach ably secured to a bracket 48 on the. under surface of the car. that any rearward movement -of the side arms 35a: or the hand rails .-34, will vswing rearwardly the' lower ends ofthe. levers 46 and swing the trip 3'2", so that the latter will force the link 33 rearwardly.' vThis link 33 is preferably vnot directly connected to the trip but isfsupported to slide in a bracket 49 and terminates adjacent tlierear surface of the trip'. At its rear end it is attached toa bell crank lever in the same manner as is the bar 33-sliown in Fig. 1.

In case it is not desiredto employ this mechanism for operating tlieltrip, the parts may be moved fromI the positioiA shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown* in Fig. 6. In this case, the bracket 45 will enter an 'upper socket 50, while 'the bracket 44 enters the socket 43. The links 47 will drop to a depending position from the lower ends of the levers 46, and the tri 32h may be inverted and the edge which is normally down will be held in engagement with the front Side of the car platform, allas clearly shown in Fig. (L

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a car fender, side arms supporting the saine, parallel links for snpporting said side arms, and means for moving said fender forwardlyl in respect to said tially borli/.ontal arm side arms.

2. n combination, two parallel links swinging in the Samet-plane and having their ends secltredto stationary pivots, a substanivotally secured to the lower ends of said inks, a fender body carried by said arm, and means for moving said fender body forwardly in respect to said arm.

3. In combination, two pairs of depending parallel links, the two links of each pair swinging in the same plane and in the direc- It will readily be seen.

'Jto the under side of -the car,

tion of motion of the car, side arms pivotally connected to the lower ends of said links, a fender body carried by said arms, and means for moving said fender body forwardly in respect to said side arms.

4. In combination, two pairs ol'depending parallel links, the two links of each pair swinging in the saine plane and in the direction of motion of the car, side arms pivotally connected to the lower ends of said links, and a fenderbody carried by said arms and movable forwardly in respect to said arms.

In combination, two pairs of depending parallel links, the two links of each pair swinging in the same plane and in the direction of motion of the cai', side arms pivotally connected to the lower ends of said links, a. fender body cai'ried by said arms, and means movable into engagement with the track or ground upon the movementof said links to one limiting position and serving to move said fender .body Aforwardly in respect to said arms. I j

6. In combination, two pairs of depending parallel links, the two links of. each pair swinging in the same plane and in the direction of motion' of the'car, side arms pivotally connected to the lower vends of said links, a. fonder body carried by said arms, pinions carried by certain/of said links, rack bars connected to said fender body and in engage ment with said pinions, and means for ro tating said pinions to advance the fender, body.

7. In combination, two pairs of depending parallel links, the two links of each pair swingingin the same plane and in the direction of motion of the car, side arms pivota-lly connected to the lower ends of said links, a fender body carried by said arms, pinioiis carried by certain of said links, rack bars connected to said fender bodyand in engagement with said pinions, and wheels carried by certain of said links tot' engagement with the ground and operating to rotate said pin- 110 ions and advance the fender body.

8. In combination, a fender body adapted to move downwardly and foi-war( ly to operative position, a pivoted trip gate secured means connect- 11S Iin@ said trip ate and said fender body for re easing the 2latter, and a hand rail across the front of the body and operatively connected to said trip gate..

9. In combination, two side arms pivotcd 120 to the front of a car, aliand rail connecting said arms, a trip gate depending from the under side of the car, a fender body normally disposed in inoperative position b iit movable to operative position, and means 125 whereby the movement of either the hand rail or the trip gate releases said fender body and permits of said movement ot' tbc latter.

1 0. In combination, a trip gate pivotally 1 secured to the under side lAotftheycar body, f for supporting said hand rail in operative or a hand rail extending across the rontof the ear body above the platform thereof. pivoted arms for supporting said hand rail7 movable members connecting said' arms and said trip' gate, a fender body, and.- means wherebyia movement o t' either said tri-p gate or said hand rail releases said fender body and permits the latter. to .move to operative.

position.

l1. In combination, a ear fender, parallel linkssupported by the car and depending therefrom, means carried by said links for supporting said fender. and means brought into operation b'y a predetermined movement of the links for moving said fender forvvardly in respect to the links.

li. In`combination. a car fender. side arms supporting .the same. means for lockingsaid side arms in a predeterminedpol sition. a trip for releasinvr said side arms and permitting of a predetermined movement thereof. and means brought into operation by said move-ment of the side arms. for advancing said fender in respect to said arms.

1?. In combination. a fender body. a roller movable into or ont of engagement with a track orthe ground. connections between .said fender body and said roller for advancmg the tender body upon the rotation ot thel roller. means for -normally holding said rollerout of engagement with the g'rouml and mean.` extending acr the front of the car for releasing said last-mentioned means upon the engagement of a' person therewith.

14. In combination, a fender adapted to occupy merativt or inoperative positions. means for mirmally holdnig said fender in inoperative position. a hand rail extending across the front of the ear-and operatively connected to said holding means, and means inoperative position.

15. In combination, a fender body movable to operative or inoperative position, means for normally holding it in inoperative position. a hand rail extending across the front of the car. a trip disposed beneath the car, and operative connections bettveen said holding means and said hand rail and said trip for controlling the former by a movement of either of the latter.

lt.l In combination, a` fender body movable to operative, or inoperative position,

means for normally holding it.' in inoperative position. a hand rail extending across the front of the car.` a trip disposed Ybeneath the ear. .operative connections between said holding means and said hand rail and said trip for controlling'the vformer by a movement of either of the latter, and means for 'suppm-ting said hand rail and said trip in inoperative position upon the front of the car.

li'. In combination, a fender body adapted to move to operative or inoperatlve p0sition. means for normally holding said fender in inoperative position, armshpivotally supported on the front of the car and extending np\vardlj\ therefrom. 'a hand rail connecting said arms at their upper ends, and means for releasing said holding means Aupon a rearward movement of said hand rail.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thls speeltication 1n the'presence ot 'tufo subscribing witnesses. 

